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G B. KELLY.

PEEEORATED MUSIC SHEET FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

No. 350,747. Patented Oct. 12, 1886 WITNEEEEE- @VyQ/Qm YUrirrnn STATESGEORG B. KELLY, OF BOSTO,

PATENT @Friese MASSUHUSETTS.

PERFORATED WlUSiC-SHEET FOR MECHANICAL JlUStCAL INSTRUMENTS.

SION forming part o Letters Patent 160.3510547, dated @Mobel-12,1836.

Application tiled December 5, 1855. Serial No. tlti. '(No modcklhiassachusetts, haveinventcd certain new and usetiil Improvements inPerforated Music- Sheets for Mechanical hIusicalInstruments, of whichthe t'ollowing is a t'ull, clear, and exact descri pt ion. l

This invention relates to a eri'orated musicsheett'or mechanical musicalinstruments; and the invention consists ot' a music-sheet for mechanicalmusical instruments having its rows or lines of perforationsrepresenting the scale of the instrument to which the music-sheet is tohe applied so arranged that each note of the upper part or treble-notesol'thc scale to he arranged on the music sheet, and as many of saidtreble-notes as are desired or according to the length or compass of thescale, is doubled, or trehlcd, or quadrupled,&c., or arranged in pairs,or tvfos, threes, orfours, die., all substantially as hereinafter fullydescribed.

In the accompanying drawing is repro sented in plan view one end of amusic-sheet i'or a mechanical musical. instrument having the scale ci'the notes Yfor which the music sheet is adapted arranged thereon, and amusical composition indicated hy marks representing perforations in saidsheet, all in accordance with this invention.

This music-sheet is made oi` paper or any suitable sheet material, andt-he pcrforations S made therein in any of the usual and wellknown waysof making perforated musicsheets for such musical instruments. Thisscale of notes on this musical sheet is represented by the longitudinallines T-one line to each note of the scale, such line indicating` wherethe perforations are to be eut or made in the sheet in relation to thewidth of the sheet for each note ot' the scale or of the musicalcomposition to he arranged therein. At the end of each line T, at thelett, is marked by the letters the respective note of the scale to whichsuch line belongs, and such letters and notes so marked represent ascale of a series of semi-tones, or the chromatic scale, so called, fromG on line H, an octave anda halt' below middle C, line J, up to andincluding A, line K, nearly two octaves above said middle C, making ascale ot' the compass ot a little over three octavos. The upper ortrchle notes of the scale from and including lhline L, a wholetone-above said middle (l, up to and including` said A, line l, arerepresented as doubled or arranged in pairs, or by twos-as, torinstance, there are two Ds, lines L M, two D-sharps, lines N and l), twoEs,

lines Q and R, and so on up to and including` A, line K. 0f carh pairot' notes the upper one ot' the two is used for t-he melody-notes ot themusical composition which is arranged thereon, and thelower one ot' eachpair for the accoi'njrianiment or harmony, although they can hereversed, as is obvious.

The musical instrument to which such a musical sheet is to be appliedhas its reeds or other sounding devices arranged according to the scaleindicated on the music-sheet, one reed or sounding device for each note.

ln lieu of arranging the upper or treble notes h v twos,as hereinparticularly described, they can he in threes, fours, &c., orany numherdesired, and this invention is not limited to any particular nnmher ot`each oi' the upper or treble notes of the scale.

A music-sheet for a mechanical musical instrument having its upper partor treblenotes arranged in accordance with this invention, and havingthe sounding devices of the musicalinstrument correspondingly arranged,has many and important advantages over the present manner o1" arrangingthe scale on such sheets, where there is only one line or row ofpcrforations for each note. For example, a separate and independent lineor row of perforations is secured for each note of the melody, theaccompaniment or harmony in its higher notes also having its separateand independent note, so that each part can he arranged thereonseparately and independently and irrespective ofthe other; also, themelodynotes can have their sounding devices of a different quality ci"tone, or it can be arranged an octaie higher or lower, ifnced he, also,in adapting and arranging a musical composition l'or the instrument itcan ne more varied, as the sounding devices can represent number ofinstruments, producing an orchestral effect, and where the notes are inthrees, or fours, die., a much greater orchestral el't'ect can heproduced, as each series ot' notes of each triplet,

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83e., can have its sounding` device of a different quality of tone fromthe others, as is obvious.

In a proper arrangement of the musical composition an effect can beproduced which will 5 be much superior to the present manner ofarranging the scale on such music-sheets, Where only 011e row ofperforations is arranged for each note.

In arranging or adapting this invention to a ro music-sheet in which itis desired to reduce or limit the compass of the scale, as is often donefor musical instruments having a small number of notes in its scale, andto which simple musical compositions are arranged, and 15 which do notnecessarily require the full scale, one or more notes at intervalsdetermined can be left out,wh ich can be done Without departing fromthis invention, as in such case what notes are used in the treble orupper part of the scale would be doubled or trebled, &c., as hereindescribed.

The lines I represented in the drawing can be dispensed with whencutting or perforating the music-sheet or after it is perforated; 2 3but when arranging the musical composition,

or marking or preparing the sheet to be cut, the lines are essential forthe proper location of the place where the perforations in the sheet areto be made; but the invention is not to be limited to having the linesmarked on the perforated music-sheet.

The perforations or notes representing the melody of the tune arrangedon the music sheet shown in the drawing' are each marked with the letterV. 35

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A perforatedmusic-sheet for a mechanical inuscalinstrumenr, having the upper ortreble notes or perforations of its scale doubled or trebled,&c.,orarranged by twos or threes, Src., for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEo. B. KELLY.

Vitnesses:

' EDWIN W. BROWN,

OLIVER H. ARNO.

